John Oliver Tackles Our Nuclear Waste Problem, Which Now Includes Radioactive Alligators (Video)

If an ill plagues our society, count on John Oliver to cover the issue — especially if it is one literally making society ill.

On Sunday, HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” host tackled America’s nuclear waste problem, which basically boils down to the fact that for decades now, we’ve had no real place to dump the dangerous stuff. What’s getting out is making people sick, which should make readers feel the same way.

As Oliver simply posed the crux of the issue: “Why do we not have a nuclear toilet?”

Oliver then introduced us to perhaps the scariest byproduct of all this nuclear waste: radioactive alligators. Those are actually a real thing, as well as the likely antagonists in the next terrible Syfy TV movie. That’s our joke, not his — sorry, NBCUniversal.

Watch the video above.

“Last Week Tonight” airs Sundays at 11 p.m. on HBO.

Here's Everyone Who Dumped Trump This Week (Photos)

In the wake of Trump's response to a violent white supremacist rally, "Unite the Right," in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, several business leaders, council members and media personalities severed ties with the president. Quite a lot actually.

Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, Intel CEO Brian KrzanichPlank and Krzanich both followed Frazier's lead in quitting the council, citing Trump's Charlottesville response. Trump tweeted condemnation of Frazier, who is black, but for some reason said nothing about these two.

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Alliance for American Manufacturing president Scott PaulEarly Tuesday morning, Paul became the fourth CEO to quit the manufacturing jobs group, and yes, he cited Trump's response to Charlottesville as the reason.

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Trump Makes It WorseTuesday afternoon, Trump shocked the country with an off-the-rails press conference at Trump Tower in which he appeared to defend and sympathize with the racist mob in Charlottesville. Trump insisted there was blame, as well as "many fine people" on both sides of the conflict in which nazi-sympathizer murdered one person and injured 19 more with his car.

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AFL-CIO Bails OutSoon after Trump's rant, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations president Richard Trumka resigned from the manufacturing council.

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Advisory Councils DisbandOn Wednesday, members of Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum agreed to disband after Trump's response to the violence in Charlottesville. Soon after, the president announced via Twitter that he was ending his executive councils.

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"I Voted For Trump, And I Sorely Regret It"That's the title of a New York Times op-ed written by Julius Krein, the founder and editor of pro-Trump website American Affairs. It went viral, though mainly because people were mocking it.

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Trump Loses a MurdochJames Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox and more importantly son of media magnate and conservative icon Rupert Murdoch, dissed Trump in a widely circulated email to employees. He also said he and his wife will donate $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League over POTUS' response to Charlottesville.

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The Arts and Humanities Council Disses Trump, then DisbandsThe Arts and Humanities Comittee resigned Friday morning en masse with a letter written so that the first letters of every paragraph spelled “RESIST.” The members include Kal Penn, Paula Boggs, Chuck Close, Richard Cohen, Fred Goldring and more.

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Bannon OustedWhite House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was reportedly fired Friday morning, though he insists he resigned July 27—giving two weeks’ notice—but his leaving was put off because of the events in Charlottesville. He will return to Breitbart news to go to “war” for Trump.

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Still More ResignationsPolitico reported Friday afternoon that a "wave of resignations" hit the Commerce Dept.'s "digital economy" board. More than half the members of the 15-member board resigned.

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A Billionaire BFF Bails on TrumpBillionaire investor Carl Icahn stepped down Friday afternoon as unofficial special advisor to Trump, though he doesn't pile on. “I sincerely regret that because of your extremely busy schedule, as well as my own, I have not had the opportunity to spend nearly as much time as I’d hoped on regulatory issues,” he said in a letter to Trump.

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From the manufacturing council to James Murdoch, Trump’s response to Charlottesville has severed ties

In the wake of Trump's response to a violent white supremacist rally, "Unite the Right," in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, several business leaders, council members and media personalities severed ties with the president. Quite a lot actually.